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VCEM, Vocational Communicative English Major, is a FYGP [Four Year Graduate Programme] that gives its students access to the vast and untapped Job Market Media, Corporate and many more.

FYI The World Economic Forum Report for Indian Employability highlights that

Employment Rate of Indian Graduates is 46% !!!
General Graduates - 1 in 10 are employable !!!

The solution lies in developing student skills as per the demands of the job market. If you want to acquire skills and exposure required for the 21st century and future job market, you have found your department. The Department of Communicative English of Gokhale Memorial Girls' College was under the University of Calcutta was introduced under the aegis of the Department of English in 1994, in accordance with the guidelines of the University Grants Commission. Although the initial focus of the department was to train students for direct employment after graduation, today it also encompasses opportunities for higher studies. The Department has highly motivated faculties, a language laboratory, e-resources, Departmental and Central libraries. It organizes for its students study tours to provide the necessary exposure.

Vision & Mission

Vision

The vision of the Department is to perform a transformative role for the students, foster a spirit of enquiry, articulate social and professional concerns from the curriculum design and scope of the syllabi, set ethical standards in thought, execution and action and enable the making of responsible citizens, thorough professionals and compassionate empathetic human beings.

Mission

This Vision merges into the following missions:

Academic Excellence to provide a good teaching and a learning environment that gives priority to the requirements of students.
To widen the horizon of departmental activities for students to address requirements of being remarkable professionals in their chosen field and to promote the zeal for learning.
To Empower and prepare students for capacity development, provide access to knowledge, extend academic and administrative assistance and facilitate employability..

Achievements

Students from this department have graduated with distinction. The success rate of students in the subject is 100% and they make the Department proud by securing First Class marks on most occasions and also becoming University rank holders. On account of the training received, students of this department have been absorbed in as varied professional fields as public relations, teaching, mass media and print journalism, as well as front-desk, customer care and sales positions. They have been employed by Media Houses like Telegraph, NDTV, Corporate Houses like Lakme Enterprises, Jalan Distributors etc. Many are working in the IT sector companies such as TCS, IBM, WIPRO. All Communicative English students are required to take up English and either Philosophy or History as their elective subjects and find employment in schools too. Those interested in higher studies have opted for a post-graduate degree in Linguistics, Film Studies etc. Students from this department have graduated with distinction and the majority has been absorbed in as varied professional fields as public relations, teaching, mass media and print journalism, as well as front-desk, customer care and sales positions. Some students are also pursuing their doctoral degrees. Students have also cracked CAT/MAT and are pursuing MBA.

GOKHALE MEMORIAL GIRLS' COLLEGE

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